The Adoration of the Magi

The Adoration of the Magi

about 1495-1497
Artist
Master of the Catholic Kings, Spanish
Active Years: c. 1485-1500
Country
Spain
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on panel
Accession Number
1961.177
Credit Line
Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

Artist known as the Master of the Catholic Kings, The Adoration of the Magi, about 1495–97. Oil paint on panel; 59 3/4 × 35 3/4 in. (151.8 × 90.8 cm). Gift of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1961.177

Dimensions
image height: 59 3/4 in, 151.7650 cm; image width: 35 3/4 in, 90.8050 cm; sight height: 59 3/4 in, 151.7650 cm; sight width: 36 in, 91.4400 cm; frame height: 77 7/8 in, 197.8025 cm; frame width: 44 1/2 in, 113.0300 cm; frame depth: 4 in, 10.1600 cm; frame
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
European Painting and Sculpture before 1900
This object is currently on view
Known Provenance
Convent or Church in Valladolid, Spain. (Spanish Art Gallery, London); [1] sold 10 May 1925 to (French and Company, New York); sold 17 March 1930 to John North Willys [1873-1935], Palm Beach, Florida and New York;[2] (French and Company, New York); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 23 October 1951; gifted to the Denver Art Museum, 1961 [1] Stock sheet from French and Company, Denver Art Museum curatorial files. [2]Not included in the sale of the Willys collection by the estate of his former wife, Isabel van Wie Willys, held at Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, on 25 October 1945. Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum and we will post information as it becomes available. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.
Exhibition History
  • "Jan van Eyck, Early Netherlandish Painting and Southern Europe"—Groeningemuseum, Bruges, 03/15/2002 - 06/30/2002

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